American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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Page 43
... becomes a kind of adoring page to Miss Celia . He tolerates her various unjust suspicions of him and leaves his wild ways and even his unconven- tional thoughts to become , as his father notes at the story's close , “ a gentleman ...
... becomes a kind of adoring page to Miss Celia . He tolerates her various unjust suspicions of him and leaves his wild ways and even his unconven- tional thoughts to become , as his father notes at the story's close , “ a gentleman ...
Page 124
... become that American Milton . Certainly Brown's career constituted a remarkable effort to become a writer of popular and critical success . Although his strivings did not always result in " glorious works " of " wond'rous art , " at ...
... become that American Milton . Certainly Brown's career constituted a remarkable effort to become a writer of popular and critical success . Although his strivings did not always result in " glorious works " of " wond'rous art , " at ...
Page 185
... becomes increasingly weak and cold with fa- tigue , and the neighbors whose pools he swims in become progressively more insulting . Finally he arrives home , exhausted , to find that his house is boarded up and his wife and four ...
... becomes increasingly weak and cold with fa- tigue , and the neighbors whose pools he swims in become progressively more insulting . Finally he arrives home , exhausted , to find that his house is boarded up and his wife and four ...
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